The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1977
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
10:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.06° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.